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Coverage

Indiana-Jefferson County-Madison

Source

Madison-Jefferson County Public Library

Identifier

"Lemen1020-mckee"

Notes

Eight negatives available(over-exposed); seven other postcard views; Eastman-Kodak Brownie Camera No. 2C model A. Image scanned from photo postcard created by Hiram Lemen. Additional information: The McKee Home was built in 1846 by John Woodburn on the corner of Broadway and First Street. It was regarded as one of the best homes in Madison. It was lavishly outfitted with the best furnishings from Louisville and New Orleans. After Mrs. Woodburn died, John and two sons went to a plantation in Mississippi to live. He deeded the home to his second daughter, Mary Louisa Price. The Prices remained in the home until 1860. They sold the home to Robert S. McKee. It has thus been called the McKee Home. It was later owned by W. W. Burke and then Franklin P. Smith. Smith sold the building to the school board as a site for a new high school. George Lohrig, a local contractor, began razing the old home in October of 1927. Sources: City Directories; Madison Courier; Historical Files